Full root access, a comprehensive REST API, Terraform provider, and 60+ OS templates. Deploy bare metal or VPS in minutes — no tickets, no waiting, no hand-holding.
Built by engineers who run their own infrastructure. Every feature exists because developers asked for it.
Provision, reboot, resize, snapshot, and destroy servers programmatically. Every UI action available via API with token-based auth and webhook support.
Official Terraform provider and Pulumi package. Define your entire infrastructure as code — servers, networks, firewalls, and DNS in a single state file.
Root access from first boot. Bring your own SSH key, choose your shell, install any software. Your server, your rules — no locked-down environments.
Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, FreeBSD, Windows Server. Or upload your own ISO or QCOW2 image for fully custom environments.
Create private VLANs connecting your servers across datacenters. Build isolated dev, staging, and production environments with zero public-internet exposure.
Real-time CPU, RAM, disk, and network metrics via API. Configure alert webhooks to push to Slack, PagerDuty, or any HTTP endpoint.
Manage inbound/outbound firewall rules programmatically. Apply rule sets across multiple servers in one API call — ideal for auto-scaling groups.
Create point-in-time snapshots before risky deploys. Schedule automated backups via API or cron-style scheduler. Restore in minutes.
From solo side projects to production microservices — the infrastructure scales with you.
| Feature | HostGen | AWS EC2 | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictable flat pricing | ✅ Always | ❌ Surprise bills | ✅ Mostly |
| Full root SSH access | ✅ All plans | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Bare metal (no hypervisor) | ✅ Dedicated | ⚠️ Extra cost | ❌ VMs only |
| Terraform provider | ✅ Official | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Unmetered bandwidth | ✅ Dedicated plans | ❌ Pay per GB | ⚠️ Transfer limit |
| Anti-DDoS included | ✅ 5Tbps always-on | ⚠️ Add-on cost | ⚠️ Basic only |
Instant deploy, full root access. Perfect for apps, APIs, staging environments, and dev tooling.
Zero noisy neighbors. Ideal for databases, high-traffic APIs, and compute-intensive workloads.
Elastic compute with Kubernetes-ready nodes. Scale horizontally on traffic spikes, pay per hour.
Yes — full REST API with JSON responses, token-based auth, and OpenAPI 3.0 spec. Every action available in the control panel is also available via API. SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, and Ruby. Webhooks supported for server lifecycle events.
Yes — we publish and maintain an official Terraform provider on the Terraform Registry. Manage servers, VPCs, firewalls, DNS records, SSH keys, and snapshots all from a single .tf file. Pulumi is also supported via our REST API.
Yes — root SSH access on every VPS and dedicated server from first boot. Add your public SSH key during provisioning or via API. No forced sudo-only environments, no pre-installed agent bloat.
Yes — upload a custom ISO via the control panel or API and boot from it during provisioning. QCOW2 and RAW image imports are also supported on cloud servers for fully custom base images.
Cloud servers and VPS are billed by the hour from creation to destruction. Monthly billing is available for cost predictability. A server destroyed mid-month is only charged for hours used.
Official SDKs are available for Python, Node.js / TypeScript, Go, and Ruby. The REST API is fully documented with OpenAPI 3.0, so any language with an HTTP client can be used. Community libraries also exist for PHP and Rust.
No sales calls. No setup fees. Full API access from day one.